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Knights News

Unity Elementary School

Knights NewsUnity Elementary School

December 2019

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Newsletter Translation

The Unity Newsletter is now available in 100+ languages! If you prefer to read the newsletter in a language other than English, please scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to select your preferred language. Simply select the "Translate' button on the lower right, select your language from the drop-down menu, and click "Close." The entire newsletter will then be translated into the language you have selected.
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The 12 Days of Knightly Holidays (+ bonus days)

Mon, Dec 2: Kick off to the 12 days of Christmas. Wear your boots or slippers today

Tues, Dec 3: Baby, it's cold outside! Wear your warm hat and scarf today

Wed, Dec 4: Winter Wonderland! Wear white to school

Thurs, Dec 5: There's no place like home for the holidays! Wear TEAM U gear today!

Fri, Dec 6: Christmas sock day! Wear your best Christmas sock or craziest socks!

Mon, Dec 9: Shine bright like the Christmas Star! Wear gold or silver to school

Tues, Dec 10: Be a Santa and pay it forward! Do random acts of kindness! Wear a Santa Hat!

Wed, Dec 11: Ugly Christmas sweater day! Wear your best or worst Christmas sweater!

Thurs, Dec 12: Don't be a Grinch! Wear green to school!

Fri, Dec 13: Be good boys and girls so you don't get coal in your stockings. Wear Black today!

Mon, Dec 16: Show your Christmas colors. Wear red and/or green today!

Tues, Dec 17: Candy Cane Day! Wear red and/or white today!

Wed, Dec 18: Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Wear a jingle bell today

Thurs, Dec 19: Support Santa's Reindeer. Wear reindeer antlers or reindeer attire

Fri, Dec 20: 'Twas the Day before...Holiday Break!! Stay cozy and wear your flannel shirts or pajamas

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Firefighters Read to Unity Students

Sioux City firefighters will be visiting Unity students throughout the school year and reading books in the classrooms. This program was developed by the Sioux City fire department to encourage kids to keep reading. Different incentives will be offered throughout the school year
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Movie/Popcorn Incentive

Unity students recently earned enough Knight cards to be rewarded with a movie and popcorn incentive. All grades were able to watch Toy Story 4, in either the library or the music room, while enjoying a freshly popped bag of popcorn!
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Unity Student Council Members Visit Local Nursing Homes

Unity's Student Council members visited a couple local nursing homes and delivered Thanksgiving place mats handmade by Unity Students.
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4th Grade History Projects

The 4th grade students of Unity Elementary School cordially invite you to come to the viewing of our Sioux City History projects on Thursday, December 12th, from 2:30 until 3:15 pm. the students have worked hard and have created a variety of projects depicting current and historical Sioux City landmarks and businesses. We hope to see you there!
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Unity Spirit Store

Students will shop the Spirit Store with classmates.

Items will range in price from .25 cents to $2.00


December 6th - Grades 3-5

December 20th - Grades K-2

January 10th - Grades 3-5

January 24th - Grades K-2

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Bring a Book, Take a Book

This is a Title I All Student book exchange program that takes place in the library once a month from 8:20 am - 8:35 am. Students’ may bring up to 5 books to exchange, and will receive a book tag for attending.


**PLEASE WEAR YOUR BOOK TAG CHAINS EACH TIME YOU ATTEND!!


The Dates for the 2019-2020 School year are as follows:


Friday, December 20th

Friday, January 10th

Friday, February 14th

Friday, March 13th

Friday, April 3rd

Friday, May 22nd (** All school day event…receive a book for summer break **)

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Holiday Vacation Days

CHRISTMAS!!


Friday, December 20th - Students will be dismissed at 2:30 (one hour early)

Monday, December 23th - Friday, January 3rd - No School


School Resumes Monday, January 6th

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Hyvee Receipts and Box Tops

Just a reminder to keep bringing in your Hyvee Receipts and Box Tops. All proceeds go towards incentives and activities for our 5th grade classes!
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Notes from the Nurse

Sick Day Guidelines

Keep others well by keeping your child home when sick. For your child’s health, stay home if:

A fever of 100.0 degrees or higher

Vomiting or diarrhea

Symptoms that keep your child from participating in school, such as:

Cough that he or she cannot control

Headache, body aches, or earache

Sore Throat—a little sore throat may be ok for school, but a bad sore throat is not.

24 hour rule is good!


Fever: Keep your child home until fever has been gone with no medicine for 24 hours.

Vomiting or diarrhea: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the last time he or she vomited or had diarrhea.

Antibiotics: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the FIRST dose of antibiotic.


Influenza (also called flu) http://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm


Influenza (also known as flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. The flu is different from a cold. The flu usually comes on suddenly.


Flu symptoms

ü Fever* or feeling feverish/chills * Not everyone with flu will have a fever

ü Cough

ü Sore throat

ü Runny or stuffy nose

ü Muscle or body aches

ü Headache

The Flu Is Contagious

ü Flu symptoms start 1 to 4 days after the virus enters the body

ü Call your medical provider if your child has symptoms

ü Stay home for 24 hours after fever is gone without the use of medicine

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Let's Talk

An engaged community makes our District stronger. That is why we have made it easy for you to connect with us whenever it is convenient for you. We encourage you to take advantage of Let’s Talk!, our 24/7 online submission site. Reach out with your ideas, questions, concerns, and praise. To make a submission, please visit http://www.siouxcityschools.org/lets-talk/.

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Communication and Preparedness

Student and staff safety is of paramount importance in the Sioux City Community School District. For this reason, the District exercises a host of crisis prevention and planning tactics. Should an emergency occur, the school notifies you through our Blackboard phone system. In an emergency, the system calls every phone number associated with your child in order to reach you. The message will give you details about the emergency and provide directions on when/where to pick up your child if the normal school day is altered. Learn more about school safety.

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Focus 2022 Strategic Plan

The Sioux City Community School District Board of Directors spent time developing, with the input of multiple stakeholder groups, the “Definition of the Well-Educated Student.” The definition is the foundation for the Focus 2022 Strategic Plan. The definition identifies what students within the educational system will be able to do upon graduating from our district. Learn about the five goal areas of the strategic plan.

Non-Discrimination Statement

The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW.

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices.

Inquiries or grievances, including Section 504 grievances and grievances under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be directed to Jen Gomez, Director of Student Services & Equity Education at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, gomezj2@live.siouxcityschools.com. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.